Knowledge used to be built out of disagreement
Millions of people now ask the same systems the same questions — and get remarkably similar answers.
AI might solve a lot of problems, but it could create a new one.
For centuries, knowledge was built through disagreement. People read different books, trusted different experts, and defended different ideas.
Today millions of people ask the same AI systems the same questions and receive remarkably similar answers. There is barely anything left to argue about.
I’m fairly sure that some of humanity’s best ideas came out of disagreement. From time to time we have to push ourselves into conversations with people who see things differently.